Schedule of Events

Thursday, November 7

5–6 PM: Tom McCarthy, “Why Ulysses Matters”6:30–8 PM: A. S. Byatt and Tom McCarthy readings and discussionReception and book signings to follow. Please understand that the both authors’ signing time will be limited; tickets for the signing will be distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis. Doors will open at 4:15 p.m.

5:30–6:30 PM: A. S. Byatt lecture on Middlemarch and The Golden BowlBook signing to follow. Please understand that the author’s signing time will be limited; tickets for the signing will be distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis. Doors will open at 4:15 p.m.

Saturday, November 9

9–9:15 AM: Coffee and light breakfast
9:20–9:30 AM: Remarks

9:30–11:30 AM: The Golden BowlIsobel Armstrong, Birkbeck, University of London, “The Golden Bowl: Where William and Henry Meet”Michael Wood, Princeton University, “The Golden Bowl: Unintended Empires”
Moderated by Bill Brown, University of Chicago, with a response from Kenneth Warren, University of Chicago

11:30 AM–1 PM: Lunch (provided)

1–3 PM: UlyssesVicki Mahaffey, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, “Textual Excess and the Reconfigured Subject”Declan Kiberd, University of Notre Dame, “Ulysses: Epic or Novel?”
Moderated by Maud Ellmann, University of Chicago, with a response from Lisa Ruddick, University of Chicago